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Monitoring Location Number of Base Flow Sampling Events to Date Total Number of Sampling Events to Date Average Under Base Flow Conditions2 (colonies/100mL) Average of all Sampling Events (colonies/100ml) Geometric Mean of all Sampling Events3 (colonies/100mL)
Lafayette Road
1 4 200 875 319
Davis Road Bridge
1 4 200 11100 813
McLean Bridge
1 4 120 1243 337
Freeville
5 12 447 992 377
Freese Road
5 12 117 835 217
Cayuga Street Bridge
6 13 205 966 347
1The recommended EPA limit for a heavily used bathing beach is a geometric mean of 126 colonies/100ml for a series of samples. The recommended maximum for a single sample is 235 colonies/100ml.
2Average is equal to the sum of n numbers divided by n. Example: Average of 50, 20 and 1000 is 357.
3Geometric mean is equal to the nth root of the product of n numbers times each other. Example: Geometric mean of 50,20 and 1000 is 100.



Monitoring Location Number of Base Flow Sampling Events to Date Total Number of Sampling Events to Date Average Under Base Flow Conditions2 (colonies/100mL) Average of all Sampling Events (colonies/100ml) Median of all Sampling Events3 (colonies/100mL)
Lafayette Road
1 4 1880 26520 8100
Davis Road Bridge
1 4 1420 40590 5470
McLean Bridge
1 4 1840 21355 4790
Freeville
7 18 6909 19168 6500
Freese Road
7 18 3938 14893 4400
Cayuga Street Bridge
8 19 4415 24081 3600
1The standard set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) for surface freshwater is a monthly median value of 2400 colonies/100ml based on at least 5 samples. The recommended maximum for a single sample is 5000 colonies/100ml.
2Average is equal to the sum of n numbers divided by n. Example: Average of 50, 20 and 1000 is 357.
3The median is the value in the middle of a series, i.e., half the numbers in the series are higher and half are lower than the median.

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